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Hire AkanshAkansh Gupta
Verified Expert in Engineering
DevOps Engineer and Developer
Delhi, India
Toptal member since November 10, 2022
Bio
Akansh is a very successful, results-oriented professional with a strong interest in automation and emerging technology. He has vast expertise in customer-facing positions and a track record of success with cloud infrastructures, serverless and microservice-based environments, IaC and GitOps principles, and DevOps automation. Akansh is an open-source enthusiast, AWS certified, and committed to excellence in delivering high-quality and innovative solutions.
Portfolio
UBS
Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Ansible, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD...
AppAcuity, Inc.
DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation...
Trade Receivables Discounting Platform
Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, AWS CodePipeline, Amazon RDS...
Experience
- Terraform - 6 years
- DevOps - 6 years
- Git - 4 years
- Bash Script - 4 years
- Kubernetes - 4 years
- Ansible - 4 years
- Python - 3 years
- OpenShift - 3 years
Preferred Environment
Terraform, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Python, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, CI/CD Pipelines, Linux, DevOps
The most amazing...
...thing I've worked on is a widely used podcast application, developed from the ground up, with millions of users in the United States.
Work Experience
Cloud Infrastructure & AI Platform Architect
2024 - 2025
UBS
- Architected high-performance AKS environments for compute-intensive applications, specializing in Advanced Scheduling and Resource Quotas to ensure deterministic performance for scaled workloads.
- Standardized enterprise Kubernetes patterns for cluster operations, optimizing Pod Topology Spread Constraints and Affinity rules—essential for multi-node/multi-GPU training synchronization.
- Led containerization and cloud migration initiatives, moving on-premise applications to Azure using AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service), improving scalability and operational efficiency.
- Built end-to-end CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) to automate build, test, and deployment workflows, significantly reducing manual effort and release time.
- Provided on-call production support, quickly diagnosing and resolving infrastructure issues across development, QA, and SRE teams.
Technologies: Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Ansible, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, OpenTelemetry, Helm, Kustomize, Python, Grafana, Loki, Splunk, Prometheus, CI/CD Pipelines, GitOps, Terraform, Docker, Monitoring, Logging, Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA), HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, OpenShift, Automation, Prefect, Supabase, TimescaleDB, AI Automation, Agentic AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Networking, Observability, Cloudflare, Amazon EC2, Technical Documentation, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Cloud Security, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon CloudWatch, Infrastructure, Scalability, Cloud Infrastructure
DevOps Lead
2023 - 2024
AppAcuity, Inc.
- Served as the DevOps Lead for the project with multiple accounts under the AWS Well-Architected program and obtained CIS benchmarking.
- Implemented infrastructure as code (IaC) enforcement, successfully cleared all audits, and achieved SOC 2 compliance for the infrastructure.
- Designed a resilient disaster recovery (DR) plan and implemented the strategy with regular backups (BCP), DR drills, and documentation.
- Introduced GitOps strategy with custom CI/CD Bitbucket pipelines to deploy Infrastructure changes through Terraform and application changes to containers.
- Conducted various POCs to bring new features like OIDC auth through Okta and AWS Cognito, Terragrunt for better IaC, centralized view of GuardDuty, Cloudtrail, Cloudwatch, and WAF logs, etc.
Technologies: DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), SOC 2, Kubernetes, Terraform, Terragrunt, TypeScript, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Microservices Architecture, DevSecOps, Serverless, Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP), GitHub, Azure, VPN, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), BitBucket Pipelines, AWS WAF, Auto-scaling Cloud Infrastructure, Application Monitoring, Cloud Monitoring, Windows PowerShell, Serverless Framework, Logging, Scripting Languages, Version Control, AWS Secrets Manager, Backup & Recovery, Network Security, Role-based Access Control (RBAC), Azure Virtual Network (VNet), Amazon CloudFront, Agile DevOps, Amazon OpenSearch, Server Optimization, AWS ECS Fargate, SOC Compliance, GitOps, HIPAA, HIPAA Compliance, Automation, Prefect, Supabase, TimescaleDB, AWS Cloud Operations, Networking, Observability, OpenTofu, Cloudflare, AWS VPN, Amazon EC2, Technical Documentation, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Cloud Security, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon CloudWatch, Infrastructure, Scalability, Cloud Infrastructure
Senior DevOps Engineer
2022 - 2023
Trade Receivables Discounting Platform
- Created multi-account, multi-environment setup on AWS using AWS Copilot capable of single-click setup.
- Designed and built the cloud infrastructure that cleared network and security audits with VAPT and SOC2 compliance. Created thorough reports for the same.
- Designed a resilient disaster recovery (DR) plan and implemented the strategy with regular backups (BCP), DR drills, and documentation with RTO and RPO.
- Designed serverless architecture and infrastructure for the platform using Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Aurora, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), AWS CloudFormation, and AWS CodePipeline services.
- Used AWS Control Tower and single sign-on (SSO) to configure multi-account setup and standardize user management.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, AWS CodePipeline, Amazon RDS, Networking, Datadog, Terraform, SOC 2, Cloud Security, Identity & Access Management (IAM), PostgreSQL, Microservices Architecture, DevSecOps, Serverless, Terragrunt, Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP), GitHub, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), VPN, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Team Leadership, AWS WAF, Auto-scaling Cloud Infrastructure, Application Monitoring, Cloud Monitoring, TypeScript, Splunk, Serverless Framework, Database Management, Logging, Version Control, Network Protocols, Fintech, AWS Secrets Manager, Backup & Recovery, Network Security, GitHub Actions, Amazon CloudFront, Agile DevOps, Data Engineering, Performance, Server Optimization, AWS ECS Fargate, SOC Compliance, Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA), GitOps, Automation, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, AWS Cloud Operations, Large Language Models (LLMs), Apache, PHP, AWS CodeCommit, Jira, Observability, AWS VPN, Amazon EC2, Technical Documentation, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Cloud Security, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon CloudWatch, Infrastructure, Scalability, Cloud Infrastructure
Kubernetes Operations & GPU-Ready Specialist
2021 - 2023
C2FO
- Orchestrated auto-scaling K8s clusters on GCP and AWS; designed high-throughput Pod Networking and Service Mesh configurations to handle low-latency data exchange between distributed nodes.
- Configured multiple EKS clusters and various other AWS services to set up the project requirements using Terraform and Terragrunt IaC.
- Set up Azure DevOps pipelines and agents for the CI/CD of the microservices.
- Designed secure, robust, and scalable Infrastructure on AWS and GCP cloud platforms.
- Developed GitOps pipelines (ArgoCD) for complex infrastructure stacks, enabling the automated deployment of specialized device drivers and kernel-level operators in a multi-cluster environment.
Technologies: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Terraform, Kubernetes, Vault, GitOps, Azure DevOps, Ansible, Python, Helm, DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Amazon EKS, Argo CD, Amazon RDS, DNS, Datadog, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), TypeScript, AWS CloudFormation, DevOps Engineer, GitHub, Cloud Security, GitHub Actions, Monitoring, Virtualization, GitLab CI/CD, Shell Scripting, Redis, Prisma, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure, Solution Architecture, Microservices, Leadership, Networking, Kustomize, Identity & Access Management (IAM), PostgreSQL, Microservices Architecture, Serverless, Python 3, Terragrunt, OpenShift, Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), VPN, AWS WAF, Auto-scaling Cloud Infrastructure, Application Monitoring, Cloud Monitoring, Windows PowerShell, Ansible Tower, Serverless Framework, Database Management, Logging, Version Control, GCP DevOps, Fintech, AWS Secrets Manager, Backup & Recovery, Network Security, Role-based Access Control (RBAC), Azure Virtual Network (VNet), Amazon CloudFront, Agile DevOps, Data Engineering, Amazon OpenSearch, Manufacturing, Performance, Server Optimization, Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA), Automation, TimescaleDB, Amazon Machine Learning, AWS Cloud Operations, Apache, PHP, AWS CodeCommit, Jira, Observability, Cloudflare, AWS VPN, Amazon EC2, Technical Documentation, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Cloud Security, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon CloudWatch, Infrastructure, Scalability, Cloud Infrastructure
DevOps Engineer
2020 - 2021
TO THE NEW
- Carried out cost optimization and security of the cloud platform to reduce the cloud cost by 40%.
- Configured multiple EKS clusters to deploy microservices with Kong as API Gateway and ALB Ingress Controller.
- Handled infrastructure monitoring and alerting using Prometheus and Grafana, as well as application logging using Elastic Stack.
- Created Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for the Node.js back end, as well as the Android and iOS mobile apps and front end.
- Recognized by the client for excellent work delivered in collaboration with teams to meet demanding deadlines.
Technologies: Linux, Terraform, Kubernetes, Solution Design, Python, Jenkins, Grafana, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana, NGINX, DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Amazon EKS, Amazon RDS, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Docker Hub, DNS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), MySQL, Node.js, JavaScript, DevOps Engineer, GitHub, Ubuntu, AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security, Monitoring, Virtualization, Shell Scripting, SQL, Redis, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Solution Architecture, Microservices, Leadership, Ansible, Networking, Identity & Access Management (IAM), ELK (Elastic Stack), Helm, Microservices Architecture, Serverless, Python 3, VPN, Team Leadership, AWS WAF, Auto-scaling Cloud Infrastructure, AWS CloudFormation, Cloud Monitoring, TypeScript, Serverless Framework, Database Management, Logging, Scripting Languages, Version Control, AWS Secrets Manager, Network Security, Amazon CloudFront, Agile DevOps, Amazon OpenSearch, Performance, Server Optimization, Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA), Automation, AWS Cloud Operations, Apache, PHP, Jira, Observability, Amazon EC2, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon CloudWatch, Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure
DevOps Engineer
2019 - 2020
Axiom Telecom
- Designed Ansible Playbooks for all the tools applied in the stack, like Nginx, Pritunl, Jenkins, Nexus, monitoring and logging stacks, Kafka and ZooKeeper, Apache NiFi, etc.
- Created a single-command set up that created AWS resources and required configuration with Terraform and Ansible on a single application.
- Designed customized monitoring templates on Grafana for an in-depth analysis of the stack.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Python 3, Docker, Docker Hub, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), MySQL, DevOps Engineer, AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security, Monitoring, Virtualization, Shell Scripting, Bitbucket, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Solution Architecture, DevOps, Amazon EKS, Microservices, Groovy, Identity & Access Management (IAM), ELK (Elastic Stack), Helm, BitBucket Pipelines, AWS WAF, Auto-scaling Cloud Infrastructure, Application Monitoring, Cloud Monitoring, Ansible Tower, Serverless Framework, Logging, Version Control, AWS Secrets Manager, Network Security, GitHub Actions, Amazon CloudFront, Agile DevOps, Amazon OpenSearch, Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA), AWS Cloud Operations, Apache, PHP, Jira, Observability, Amazon EC2, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda, Amazon DynamoDB, Infrastructure
DevOps Engineer
2019 - 2020
Lumi Rental
- Created CI/CD pipelines for Maven jobs, as well as Android and iOS apps using Jenkins.
- Coordinated with a team based in three countries and helped build the architecture and project submission.
- Configured multiple EKS clusters to deploy microservices with the Kong Ingress controller.
- Executed load testing with 5,000+ users per second using the application.
- Contributed to infrastructure monitoring and alerting, as well as application logging using Elastic Stack.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Kafka, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Kong, Amazon RDS, Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, NGINX, Docker, Amazon EKS, GitLab, Docker Hub, MySQL, JavaScript, DevOps Engineer, Ubuntu, AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security, Monitoring, Virtualization, GitLab CI/CD, Shell Scripting, SQL, Redis, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Java, Solution Architecture, DevOps, Microservices, Leadership, Ansible, Groovy, Identity & Access Management (IAM), ELK (Elastic Stack), Microservices Architecture, Python 3, GitHub, AWS WAF, Application Monitoring, Cloud Monitoring, Database Management, Load Testing, Amazon CloudFront, Agile DevOps, Amazon OpenSearch, Performance, Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA), Automation, AWS Cloud Operations, Apache, PHP, Networking, Jira, Observability, Amazon EC2, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Infrastructure
Experience
Fintech App
One of the largest online platforms for working capital to help companies, their suppliers, and their customers gain greater control over their cash flow on demand when needed. I worked on developing its products and services by creating Terraform templates and Ansible playbooks for provisioning on cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP. I also developed Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions templates for CI/CD, Helm charts, and Kubernetes manifests. Furthermore, I managed secrets with Vault for application use and generation of temporary credentials, managed central monitoring and logging with Datadog, and developed scripts in Python or Shell to automate sanitary tasks.
Podcast App
https://harkaudio.com/As a DevOps engineer, I built a podcast application, securing the infrastructure over the AWS cloud platform with Terraform and configuring the Amazon EKS cluster to deploy microservices with Kong as an API gateway. I also created CI/CD pipelines for Node.js projects using Jenkins, monitored infrastructure and alerts with Prometheus and Grafana, performed application logging using ELK (Elastic Stack), and completed cost optimization in the AWS cloud.
Telecom Product Platform
http://www.axiomtelecom.comAn application for delivering telecom products in UAE. I worked on securing the application's infrastructure and creating Terraform templates and Ansible playbooks for providing the application on the AWS cloud platform. I also performed infrastructure monitoring and alerting and application logging using Elastic Stack.
Car Rental App
A car rental application in Saudi Arabia. I configured and monitored the application, created CI/CD pipelines for Maven jobs and Android and iOS apps using Jenkins, and configured the EKS cluster to deploy microservices with Kong. I also conducted monitoring and alerting of infrastructure and ensured application logging with Elastic Stack.
Fintech App for Trade Receivables Discounting Platform
A digital platform to facilitate the discount for MSMEs and provide hassle-free financing to grow. Worked on designing and setting up the back-end infrastructure for the application on AWS cloud platform. The application was designed on a serverless framework for optimized resource and cost usage. The platform passed the SOC2 compliance audit as well as VAPT.
Education
2015 - 2019
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
GEU - India
Certifications
JANUARY 2021 - JUNE 2024
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Amazon Web Services
NOVEMBER 2017 - PRESENT
MTA Networking Fundamentals
Microsoft
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Terragrunt, Node.js, AWS Amplify
Tools
Terraform, Jenkins, Helm, Git, Ansible, Grafana, Kibana, Amazon EKS, AWS CloudFormation, GitHub, GitLab CI/CD, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Logging, Amazon OpenSearch, Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA), AWS IAM, Amazon CloudWatch, Kong, VPN, Velero, Logstash, NGINX, ELK (Elastic Stack), GitLab, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Docker Hub, Bitbucket, Kustomize, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Splunk, Ansible Tower, Amazon CloudFront, Prefect, Apache, AWS CodeCommit, Jira, Vault, SonarQube, Prisma, Loki, OpenTofu
Languages
Python, Bash Script, Python 3, TypeScript, SQL, Groovy, PHP, JavaScript, Java
Frameworks
Serverless Framework, Windows PowerShell
Paradigms
Azure DevOps, DevOps, Microservices Architecture, Role-based Access Control (RBAC), Automation, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Microservices, DevSecOps, HIPAA Compliance, Load Testing
Platforms
Kubernetes, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Azure, Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Ubuntu, Apache Kafka, OpenShift
Storage
Auto-scaling Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, Datadog, MySQL, Redis, Database Management, MongoDB
Other
GitOps, AWS DevOps, Networking, Prometheus, AWS Certified Solution Architect, CI/CD Pipelines, Amazon RDS, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps Engineer, AWS Cloud Architecture, GitHub Actions, Monitoring, Shell Scripting, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Solution Architecture, SOC 2, Identity & Access Management (IAM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Monitoring, Version Control, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Virtual Network (VNet), Agile DevOps, Data Engineering, Manufacturing, AWS Cloud Operations, Observability, AWS Cloud Security, Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Solution Design, Cloud Security, Virtualization, Leadership, Serverless, Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP), BitBucket Pipelines, Team Leadership, AWS WAF, Application Monitoring, Network Protocols, Fintech, Backup & Recovery, Network Security, Performance, Server Optimization, AWS ECS Fargate, SOC Compliance, HIPAA, Supabase, TimescaleDB, AI Automation, Agentic AI, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Cloudflare, AWS VPN, Technical Documentation, Amazon API Gateway, Scalability, Argo CD, DNS, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), AWS CodePipeline, AWS Control Tower, Scripting Languages, GCP DevOps, OpenTelemetry, Amazon Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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